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cool_shibz
cool_shibz

Reputation: 23

Print the output on same line

I execute the command ifconfig eth1 on the terminal on a linux machine, and want the output on the same line.

Eg:Observed:

[root@host ~]# ifconfig eth1
eth1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1400

What I want is:

[root@host ~]# ifconfig eth1 eth1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1400

i.e I want to remove the initial newline from the output.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1065

Answers (2)

Krzysztof Krasoń
Krzysztof Krasoń

Reputation: 27516

You can try with:

printf '\033[A\033[29C'; ifconfig eth0

But you would need to replace the 29 with the position where you want the output to be printed (\033[A moves the cursor up one line, \033[50C moves the cursor to the right 29 times.

Upvotes: 1

Matthias
Matthias

Reputation: 3566

You could execute like this:

$ echo $(ifconfig eth0)

where the initial $ is ment to be your shell's prompt. For some reason this way all the newlines are removed and the output of "ifconfig eth0" (which is executed in a subshell) is printed on one line.

Upvotes: 1

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